Artie was passing out in the studio and rambling so much that Howard had to turn off his mike almost all the time. I call bullshit. In fact, Howard said repeatedly that he didn't care if Artie did drugs as long as he did his job.

Howard, "Listen, artie is very overweight and doesnt eat a healthy diet."

Because that's what overweight people with unhealthy diets do. Pass out at work and mumble incoherently for a couple hours a day. Im just shocked none of the other overweight unhealthy eaters on the show are able to stay up for 4 hours straight!